Chronicling the life and experiences of a shepherd in Western Colorado.

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Kirk's Lambs Just Keep Getting Better and Better!

Molly (Kirk x Monica)

Cordelia (Kirk x Claybasket)

Are there some things I would change about them? Aye, but fewer than their dams. I'm excited to see how these girls produce this spring. The ewe lambs are all exposed to Churchill, so I'm expecting some added width and muscularity from the breeding. All of the older ewes are bred to Kirk again, so I'm very blessed to be expecting another crop of lambs like these. Especially from that silver Silvie daughter in the background from Robina. Woohoo! Sired by the best ram we've imported yet and a Barlaes T5/Monique dam. I was able to purchase a Varrius x MacKenzie daughter that I'm very excited to see in my breeding program. Best Leicesters in the country, those Moniques. I like to see those foundation names in my pedigrees.

About Me

For your daily dose of sheep geek and wool freak!
Raising Bluefaced Leicester and old hill-type Shetland sheep in the Colorado High Desert. We operate an integrated lamb and wool production outfit with all of our wool being processed in our family mill, and our premium quality, grass-finished lamb (almost organic) through farmers' markets, direct sales to restaurants and to friends and neighbors.
I am blazingly anti-NAIS, SFCP, or any other USDA mechanism for the control of our domestic food and fiber production. Socialism hasn't worked anywhere else in the world, and we're mad off our rockers to expect different results here.